Procedure for configuring a modular safety switching device

A method for configuring a modular safety switching apparatus having a plurality of electronic modules arranged in module slots of a module row, the method comprising:

• a) selecting a configuration data set of the modular safety switching apparatus from a plurality of configuration data sets that are stored for retrieval in a configuration database and transmitting the configuration data set to a computing apparatus, wherein the configuration data set is processed by a computer program executed by the computing apparatus such that a target configuration of the modular safety switching apparatus and the electronic modules is generated from the configuration data set;
• b) displaying the target configuration of the modular safety switching apparatus and the electronic modules on a display apparatus;
• c) plugging one of the electronic modules into one of the module slots of the module row;
• d) setting a rotary switch position of one or more rotary switches of the electronic module;
• e) determining an actual configuration of the electronic module configured according to c) and d) via the computer program executed by the computing apparatus;
• f) comparing the actual configuration with the target configuration of the electronic module via the computer program executed by the computing apparatus;
• g) displaying whether or not there is a deviation between the actual configuration and the target configuration of the electronic modules;
• h) repeating c) and e) to g) if the electronic module is plugged into an incorrect module slot of the module row, or repeating d) to g) if the rotary switch position of one or more rotary switches of the electronic module is set incorrectly;
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• i) repeating c) to h) for each additional electronic module of the modular safety switching apparatus.